Friday, April 30, 2010

Michele Obama, Refugee Somali Farmers, and Urban Farming = Win, win, win!

clipped from www.theirc.org

Refugees Plant New Roots at Community Farm

First Lady Michelle Obama calls the IRC-supported farm a model for building healthy communities
Michelle Oboma speaks with Buliali Muya, a refugee from Somalia, at an IRC-supported community farm in San Diego. Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters 
  • The farm, a 2.3-acre strip of city-owned land, is tended by some 80 farmers, including Bilali Muya, a refugee from Somalia who works with the IRC as a part-time farm educator.
  • First Lady Michelle Obama praised an IRC-supported urban farm in San Diego as "a model for the nation, for the world" during an April 15 visit to promote building healthy communities.
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